The Butterflies of CanadaThe Butterflies of Canada
Beautifully illustrated and clearly presented, The Butterflies of Canada is an indispensable guide to all aspects of butterfly study. Butterfly collecting has long been a popular summer activity, and as the growing popularity of butterfly watching and conservatories in Ontario and British Columbia shows, butterflies are a continuing source of delight and interest to Canadians.
The Butterflies of Canada is the first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada. Based on the national butterfly collection maintained by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, it contains descriptive individual accounts for the close to three hundred butterfly species recorded in Canada, including descriptions of early stages, subspecies, and key features that help distinguish similar species. Each species of butterfly has an individual distribution map, generated from a database of more than 90,000 location records.
More than just a field guide to identifying Canadian butterflies, however, The Butterflies of Canada includes chapters on Canadian geography and butterfly distribution, conservation, gardening, photography, and the history of butterfly study in Canada. It also contains new and unpublished information on the classification of butterflies, their ranges, larval food plants, abundance, flight seasons, and noteworthy habits. Thirty two colour plates provide diagnostic details for each species, and also feature butterflies in their natural habitats. There is an extensive bibliography.
The Butterflies of Canada is beautifully illustrated guide to all aspects of the study of butterflies. It is the first comprehensive guide available for Canada and contains descriptions of close to three hundred butterfly species, including their early stages, subspecies, key identification features, as well as individual distribution maps.
More than just a field guide, The Butterflies of Canada includes chapters on Canadian geography and butterfly distribution, butterfly systematics, conservation, gardening, photography, and the history of butterfly study in Canada. It makes available new and unpublished information on butterflies, their classifications, ranges, larval food plants, abundance, flight seasons, and noteworthy habits. There is also an extensive bibliography to provide a starting point for further study.
The first comprehensive guide to all the butterflies found in Canada. It contains descriptive individual accounts for 300 butterfly species, including descriptions of early stages of species development, subspecies, and a list of key features.
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- Toronto ; Buffalo ; University of Toronto Press, c1998.
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